tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post8131804639093812255..comments2024-03-28T11:48:01.685-04:00Comments on Miss Cellania: Year-end Lists 2022: ScienceMiss Cellaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-66117609696906495722022-12-27T07:18:04.539-05:002022-12-27T07:18:04.539-05:00"Maths" always sounds so weird to me, li..."Maths" always sounds so weird to me, like "a math" is a discreet unit that you can count, and "maths" is the plural. Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-75729763219416731672022-12-26T19:08:18.189-05:002022-12-26T19:08:18.189-05:00Maths is shortened Mathematics, Math is even short...Maths is shortened Mathematics, Math is even shorter Mathematics, we win.<br />But the way we murder colonial English we’ll soon be saying Pohutukawa instead of Christmas tree.<br /><br />"For the last 50 years it’s(standard physics formula shown) been our best description of the 17 known fundamental particles and their interactions."<br /><br />OK, Pais and Treiman came up with this formula that only works when it has 17 fundamental particles(nobody can see) working like crew on a boat. <br />Oh, and the Emperor has new clothes.<br />These physicists are no dummies, they’re smart enough to convince governments, institutions, and groups, to put up Billions of dollars to support them, er... uh, their playing, I mean their work. <br /><br />I'm kidding, but we accept much of what they tell us on faith, and the word of their peers. When a high school science teacher says he doesn't believe it he'll get supporters without fail from the group who just shake their head at these scientific leaps forward. Qanon proved it.<br /><br />xoxoxoBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246210662349717162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-32032684159856983852022-12-26T17:20:49.897-05:002022-12-26T17:20:49.897-05:00Lol, math.
Mathematics ... shortened to maths by ...Lol, math.<br /><br />Mathematics ... shortened to maths by everyone in the English speaking world except by those living in the USA.<br /><br />Over the Christmas period I have been watching 'House M.D.' ... weird hearing an English man who has been in many English TV shows - Jeeves and Wooster, Black Adder et cetera - saying math for maths and zee for zed.<br /><br />Looking forward to erb for herb and then ... since the Americans copy the French, ospital for hospital.<br /><br />Hours of fun.<br />WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.com